How to Apply to Attend or Serve a Course

  1. Access the application form by clicking Apply for the desired course. Old students will be given the option to serve.
  2. Please carefully read the Introduction to the Technique and Code of Discipline which you will be asked to follow during your course.
  3. Fully and completely fill out all the sections of application form and submit it. An application is required to register for all courses.
  4. Await notification. All correspondence will be through e-mail if you give an e-mail address in your application. Due to the large volume of applications, it may take up to two weeks before receiving notification.
  5. If your application is accepted then we require you to confirm you will be attending in order to secure your place in the course.

All ten day courses begin on the evening of the first day and end on the early morning of the last day.

2008 Course Schedule
Attend
or Serve		 Dates Course Type Status Comments
  Apr 22 - May  3 10-Day (Blue Ridge, VA) Completed
  May 14 - May 25 10-Day (Chestertown, MD) Completed Bi-lingual Hindi/English
  Aug 25 - Sep  5 10-Day (Blue Ridge, VA) Completed
  Sep 24 - Oct  5 10-Day (Chestertown, MD) Completed Bi-lingual Hindi/English
  Oct 11 - Oct 12 Annual Trust Meeting Completed For old students
         
2009 Course Schedule
Attend
or Serve		 Dates Course Type Status Comments
  May  5 - May  9 3-Day OSC Blue Ridge, VA Completed For old students
  May  9 - May 13 3-Day OSC Blue Ridge, VA Completed For old students
  May 20 - May 31 Chestertown, MD 10-Day English/Hindi Completed
  Jul 30 - Aug  2 3-Day Newark, DE Completed For old students
  Sep  8 - Sep 19 10-Day Blue Ridge, VA Completed
  Sep 23 - Oct  4 10-Day Chestertown, MD English/Hindi Completed
  Oct 10 - Oct 11 Annual Trust Meeting Completed For old students
         
2010 Course Schedule
Attend
or Serve		 Dates Course Type Status Comments
  May 19 - May 30 10-Day (Chestertown, MD) Hindi/English Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
Dec  1, 2009
Hindi/English Course
  Sep 22 - Oct  3 10-Day (Chestertown, MD) Hindi/English Registration
Not Yet Open		 Applications accepted after
Feb  1, 2010
English/Hindi

The online application form encrypts your information before it is sent from your computer to our application server. However, it may not be totally secure even though encryption is used. If you are concerned about the possibility of security risks of your confidential information while it is on the Internet, do not use this form and instead download an application. Print and complete it. Then please send the form to the course organizers shown below. By faxing or posting your application form it may delay the registration process by one to two weeks.

To access the Old Student Regional Site please click here. A user name and password will be required to access these pages. Questions may be addressed to Email: dhamma-service@midatlantic.us.dhamma.org

All courses are run solely on a donation basis. All expenses are met by donations from those who, having completed a course and experienced the benefits of Vipassana, wish to give others the same opportunity. Neither the Teacher nor the assistant teachers receive remuneration; they and those who serve the courses volunteer their time. Thus Vipassana is offered free from commercialisation.

Old students are those who have completed a 10-day Vipassana Meditation course with S.N. Goenka or his Assistant Teachers.

Old students have the opportunity to provide Dhamma Service at the courses listed above.
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Bilingual courses are courses which are taught in two languages. All students will hear daily meditation instructions in both languages. The evening discourses will be heard separately.
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10-day courses are an introductory course to Vipassana Meditation where the technique is taught step-by-step each day. The courses begin after a 2-4 pm registration period and orientation, followed by 10 full days of meditation, and end the morning of the 11th day by 7:30am.
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Old Student Programs are similar to Service Periods where there is time to work on a variety of Centre maintenance, construction, household and gardening projects, but have a more full and structured program, an opportunity to meet with assistant teachers, and possibly committee and trust meetings. All Old Students are welcome to participate. The daily program will include three group sittings with morning and afternoon work periods and in the evening there will be tapes played of special discourses and talks that S.N. Goenka has given to Old Students.
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Old Student short courses (1-3 days) are for any student who has completed the 10-day course with S.N. Goenka and his assistant teachers. All old students are welcome to apply to attend these courses, including those where it has been some time since their last course.
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